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Morning Cup of Links: Poor King Tut

King Tut didn't have the easy life of royalty we all thought. According to a DNA study, he was inbred, disabled, and altogether unhealthy. (via Neatorama)
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Put a physicist in a hotel with a water-saving plan and you're just asking for an experiment on fluid dynamics. It turns out that some environmental awareness is just a matter of perception.
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How to make perfect french fries from scratch. Also the real scientific reason we are supposed to fry them twice, which I must try tonight. (via Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories)
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In any movie, witnessing a murder will surely lead to a chase scene. In Pivot, the animation is what makes the chase special. Until the ending.
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Movie critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer four years ago. He no longer speaks, but he has plenty to say in this interview.
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How deep is the Mariana Trench? The deepest ocean point is illustrated to scale in this graphic.
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Doormats With Attitude: Top 10 Most 'Unwelcome' Welcome Mats. I need #3 to send the kids to.
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5 Things I Didn't Know about Poop. Maybe you already know them, but you'll have to read it to find out.

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes.
He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)